Christie's to auction Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry & art

CHELSEA TAYLOR JEWELRY & RWH Robert Verdi's Luxe Lab has always been a calming oasis in the midst of the chaos of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. This season proved to be no different with some amazing new brands (and brands we already adore) mingling with fashion's elite.
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'Tis the season for celebrity auctions. First we saw Marilyn Monroe's famous 7 Year Itch dress sell for $4.6 million, then Margaret Thatcher's Apsrey handbag was sold off for $40,000. And now, Elizabeth Taylor's unbelievable jewelry collection will be auctioned off, but only after it tours the...

March 24, 2011 2:45 pm
Few movie stars leave behind such a rich vault of unforgettable film moments as Elizabeth Taylor, but she also used her voice to speak out on behalf of the AIDS pandemic for the last two decades of her life. In fact, Taylor was instrumental in focusing the national...

Elizabeth Taylor had quite a jewelry collection — one that's worth an estimated $150 million — and sources tell People that Christie's is planning to auction off it all off.
It's not just that Taylor had an abundance of baubles, her jewelry collection is renowned for its quality. Taylor...

The Van Cleef & Arpels Burton Diamond Pendant Brooch is so dazzling, Taylor must have felt like a princess wearing it. Also a Christmas present from Burton, Taylor most often wore it at the end of a diamond necklace. When Burton bought it in 1969 for $1,500,000, it was one of the most...

Christie's expects to realize $30 million from the sale. Knowing how many collectors and fans will be trying to procure a piece or her history for themselves, it won't be surprising to see Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry bring much more than its estimated value.
Here are a few of the dazzling...

the greatest private collection of jewelry ever assembled in one place, and Christie's is honored to have been entrusted with the global tour of the collection this fall, and the sale of the collection in its entirety this December," said Marc Porter, Chairman and President of Christie's...

Getting your hands on a piece of jewellery owned by late Hollywood iconElizabeth Taylor was never going to be cheap, but we don't think anyone anticipated that her jewels would fetch a record breaking $115,932,000 at a private auction.
Last night at Christie's, some of Elizabeth Taylor's...

The auction for Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry is over and the auction fetched almost $116 million! There's never been a private jewelry collection before to fetch this kind of amount, which makes it quite a record! Christie's, the company to hold the auction, revealed that this is the most...

Okay, maybe you can't get her exact jewelry, but you can get something similar. After all, not everyone can lavish themselves in $64,000 jewelry (ehem, Kim Kardashian). As for the rest of us, there's nothing wrong with styling yourself in similar yet affordable pieces.
Elizabeth Taylor's...